cannot agree at all... the media spin their tales and the public believe it. One key to be able to coach a side to a flag is the ability to keep getting the club to contract you long term. Clarkson was able to mould a positive spin to keep himself in the job whilst he developed a youn side. Your telling me a club who has sacked a finals experienced coach before wouldn't sack someone again.To the top wrote:So an article which starts "Many in the MEDIA were muttering "Your mate doesn't say much. We'll get him on the way out, We don't trust him" morphs into this Sydney v. St Kilda rubbish.
Frankly, as a St Kilda supporter, I could not care what the media say or think because most of them watch the games they are assigned to cover thru the bottom of a glass - hence an article which starts with the foregoing is nothing more and nothing less than insulting.
What I am interested in is St Kilda having consistent success and building a model that can deliver consistent success ie; positioning itself for a real crack on a consistent basis and delivering the ultimate reward because we are always around the mark.
The game changes, and Hawthorn were successful in 2008 not because they had the best team player wise but because they devised a tactic - as have other sides before them and as will other sides in the future, including in 2009.
The Coach brings that element - and he is responsible for the support staff including the support staff who keep the players on the park - because having your best players on the park gives you a better chance.
So we concentrate on St Kilda, and the measure of success is there each and every week during the season - because you either win or you lose.
The concentration on the media saying Lyon said little to them or on what "style" of game Lyon wants St Kilda to play are side shows.
We want to go each week and watch our team out-perform the opposition including all the way to Grand Final day.
We learn when we win.
We learn when we lose.
We learn about our players each and every minute they are on the field, win or lose.
And we get better and better including by being able to negate our opposition and any "game plan" they may invoke.
I would be more interested in an article where Lyon covers what he sees as our strengths, where he sees we are line ball, where he sees that we are vunerable and what our options are.
But, equally, I do not expect to see such an article because all we really want the opposition to know is what is disclosed by how we perform on the field.
The only comparative worth commenting on is the comparative on the score board between ourselves and the opposition each and every week.
If you are winning the ego driven clowns in the media can not "get you on the way out".
the whole "was lucky to make the top 4" crap spun by the media was gobbled up by the public. Results don't always matter, winning enough games to make the top 4 is not good enough. It's how the media spin the result. How is it that richmond and carlton, both who have no seen the finals in nearly a decade are the toast of the town... on results? no, it's all media spin.
I totally agree with you TTT but in reality you need to manipulate the public and media as a senior coach. it's what sheedy did when the dons looked like finishing his coaching career.
Will be interesting to see how lyon goes this year